Culver



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. CULVER, OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT.

CASTER.

SPECIFICATION forming perf of Lettere Patent Ne. 224,518, dated February 171880. .Application flledJanuary 8, 1880 .tain new and useful Improvements in Casters;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inven` tion, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it pertains to make and use it, reference beingh ad to the accom pan ying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in y casters; and it consists in forming in the bottom part of the stand a place toreceive the butter-dish..

It also consists in the arrangement and combination of parts that will be more fully described hereinafter.

Figure l is a side elevation of myinvention. Fig. 2 is an end view with one of the articles removed. A

arepresen ts the hase or stand, which is raised above the table asuitable distance by the legs b. vUpon the top of the base a are formed any suitable number of projections, c, upon which the pepper-box, salt-stand, and other such articles are placed. These projections extend up into recesses in the bottoms of these articles and hold them so securely in place that there isbut little danger of their falling off Awhile the cast-er is bein gcarried about. e

Secured to the center of the top of the base is the handle d, for carrying or moving the caster from place to place. Also secured upon the top of the base :is a standard, c, which may either form a part of `the handle, as hereshown, or

be entirely separate, and upon-the top of which standard a call-bell, g, is secured. This bell, being raised some distance above the top of the base, is entirely out of the way, and yet forms avery valuable addition to the caster, especially in a sick-room.

,Y Under the top of the base,` and in the inner sides of the legs b, are formed the two shoulders u, which extend entirely across the base, and which form supports for the butter-dish r. This butter-dish being placed in the caster, as shown, the two articles occupy no more room on the table than the caster alone.

The object of my invention is to produce a small, light, elegant caster, which shall be as compact as possible, and which can be handed around with perfect safety.

This caster is especially adapted for use in sick-roomsorin private rooms in hotels, where it has tobe sent upon a waiter.

Having' thus described my invention claimy y 1-.- A caster having shoulders or supports formed under its base a to receive a butter! dish, substantially as shown.

2; A caster provided with a standard to receive a bell, and a number of projections to hold the different articles in place, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim they foregoing I. have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of December, 1879.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CULVER.

Witnesses:

C. A. BURR, C. S. DE FOREST. 

